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And in Russia they did a parallel investigation that shows no polonium. So as usual, every side of the conflict can pick its own narrative. http://www.reuters.
by MichaelMoser123 13y ago
And in Russia they did a parallel investigation that shows no polonium. So as usual, every side of the conflict can pick its own narrative.
http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/10/15/us-palestinians-arafat-russia-idUSBRE99E0LN20131015 http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/10/15/us-palestinians-ar...
- kissickas 13y agoDid you read the first sentence of that article? "However, the government scientific body later denied that it had made any official statement about the research, saying only that it had handed its results to the Russian Foreign Ministry."
- MichaelMoser123 13y agoAlso experts asked by the BBC say that this is a very bold statement; Prof. Paddy Regan, says: "They are saying the hypothesis that Arafat was poisoned with polonium-210 is valid and has not been disproven by the data. However they cannot say definitively that he was murdered. Prof Regan says a series of assumptions would have been made in order to ascertain how much Po-210 may or may not have been in Mr Arafat's body at the time of his death." 'has not been disproven' - means it has not been proven either. No? http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-24838061 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-24838061